EU CALLS ON KARABAKH CONFLICTS SIDES TO DEVELOP PEACEFUL AGREEMENT

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.01.2008 14:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel has
expressed the EU’s appreciation for the OSCEs efforts aimed at
resolving the frozen conflicts in Transdniestra, South Ossetia and
Nagorno Karabakh, and said it welcomed the Organization’s plans
to help secure the border between Afghanistan and neighboring OSCE
participating States.

Central Asia is a priority for both the EU and the OSCE, and Minister
Rupel said that the OSCE could and should put more focus on that
region. "We hope that both the EU and the OSCE will succeed in their
common efforts to assist and foster development in the region,"
he added.

The EU’s 27 countries make up a large part of the OSCE’s 56
participating States, making the Union an important part of the
Organization, Minister Rupel said. "At the same time, the EU is also
a valuable partner of the OSCE since both share many common goals."

The Permanent Council is the OSCE’s main regular decision-making
body of the Organization. It convenes weekly in Vienna to discuss
developments in the OSCE area and to make appropriate decisions,
the OSCE press office reported.